Water

Estates & Facilities

Across the country over 10% of all water is lost through leakages once it has left the water suppliers infrastructure.

NHS organisations should refer to the Department of Health guidance in HTM 07-04 ‘Water management and water efficiency’ in managing water within the existing operational estate or when commissioning new buildings or refurbishments current sites.

Hot water production is carbon intensive. The DH Estates and Facilities Division and DEFRA are in the process of developing water efficiency measures for the NHS (see HTM on Water Management and Water Efficiency).

Case Studies

Royal Cornwall Hospital Renal Unit

In 2008 the Renal unit at Royal Cornwall Hospital Truro took part in a climate change and carbon reduction initiative.  From it flowed a short list of immediate actions, and some longer term actions both to improve the service and cut carbon.  Some of the easiest actions such as a 70% reduction in linen use, and reducing food waste from 35% to near zero, also resulted in immediate savings of carbon, and c£8k cash, more than paying for the programme.

Devon Partnership Trust Sustainable Development Action Plan

A copy of Devon Partnership NHS Trust's Sustainable Development Action Plan, as reported to Board in September 2009.

NHS Gloucestershire Sustainable Development Strategy 2009-2015

A copy of NHS Gloucestershire's Sustainable Development Strategy 2009-2015.

NHS Swindon Sustainable Development Management Plan

NHS Swindon's Sustainable Development Management Plan, approved in January 2010.

News

  1. New IPCC climate adaptation report released
    Mon, 02/04/2012

    The Intergovernment Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released a new report called ‘Managing the risks of extreme events and disasters to advance climate change adaptation’. The report comes as mounting evidence suggests that climate change is...

  2. Cost and Carbon Savings through Hot Water Boiler Efficiency
    Sun, 01/04/2012

    UK organisations could save over £400m a year by taking simple, low-cost actions to improve the efficiency of their hot water boilers, according to new guidance published today by the Carbon Trust.  New analysis by the Carbon Trust reveals that heating and hot water accounts for over...

  3. BMJ Spotlight on Climate Change
    Mon, 19/03/2012

    The BMJ has just published a spotlight on climate change on ...

  4. Sustainability in the NHS: Healthcheck 2012 (from SDU bulletin)
    Wed, 01/02/2012

    Today the NHS SDU launches its new publication '...

  5. £20 million of new Salix funding (from SDU update)
    Tue, 03/01/2012

    The Department for Energy and Climate Change is boosting the Salix interest free loans fund by £20 million pounds. The additional cash injection is to support more public sector energy efficiency projects. These loans must be agreed by the end of March...

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